OFC Youth Development Tournament

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The OFC Youth Development Tournament is an international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

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Youth Development Tournament

In the first edition of the Youth Development Tournament in 2019, a total of six men's under-18 national teams, including four from Oceania and two from outside Oceania (one from Asia and one from Europe), were invited to participate in the cross-confederation event. [1]

For 2021, a U-18 men's tournament and a U-15 boys' tournament are tentatively scheduled between September and December. [2]

A women's tournament was originally scheduled for May 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] For 2022, a U-18 women's tournament was tentatively scheduled in April, and a U-15 girls' tournament was tentatively scheduled between September and December, but both were cancelled as those players will now be eligible for the 2022 OFC U-20 Women's Championship and 2022 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, which were postponed from 2021. [4] [5]

Men's U-18

YearHostFinalThird PlaceNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2019
Details 		Flag of Vanuatu.svg
Vanuatu 		Flag of India.svg
India 		2–0Flag of French Polynesia.svg
Tahiti 		Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia 		1–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg
New Caledonia 		6

Men's U-15

YearHostFinalThird PlaceNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2023
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of French Polynesia.svg
Tahiti 		Flag of Fiji.svg
Fiji 		Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg
Solomon Islands 		Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Liechtenstein 		7

Women's U-15

YearHostFinalThird PlaceNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2024
Details 		Flag of Fiji.svg
FIJI 		8

Youth Futsal Tournament

The OFC Youth Futsal Tournament was held for the first time in 2017 to find representatives to attend the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [6] OFC intends to hold a tournament every two years, but the next edition has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] The 2022 edition, scheduled to take place between 22–25 September 2022, was also cancelled due to congestion in the football calendar. [5] [4]

Men's

YearHostFinalThird PlaceNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2017
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg
Solomon Islands 		Round-robinFlag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of Vanuatu.svg
Vanuatu 		Round-robinNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg
New Caledonia 		7

Women's

YearHostFinalThird PlaceNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2017
Details 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand 		Round-robinFlag of Tonga.svg
Tonga 		Flag of Samoa.svg
Samoa 		Round-robin Flag of New Zealand.svg
Auckland Football Federation 		4

Youth Champions League

The inaugural OFC Youth Champions League was scheduled to take place between 16–31 January 2021, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [2] The 2022 edition, scheduled to take place between 15–30 January 2022, was also cancelled due to congestion in the football calendar. [5] [4]

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  2. 1 2 "OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "OFC tournaments update". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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